Special to the Reading Eagle: Johnathan B. Paroby | A state police forensic evidence unit turns onto Spruce Street in Port Carbon on Friday evening following a shooting in the Schuylkill County borough near Pottsville.

Special to the Reading Eagle: Johnathan B. Paroby | People console each other Friday evening in Port Carbon after two men were shot and wounded in the Schuylkill County borough.

Special to the Reading Eagle: Johnathan B. Paroby | The neighborhood where a shooting occurred Friday evening in Port Carbon, Schuylkill County. State police said two men were wounded.

Special to the Reading Eagle: Johnathan B. Paroby | The neighborhood where a shooting occurred Friday evening in Port Carbon, Schuylkill County. State police said two men were wounded.

Special to the Reading Eagle: Johnathan B. Paroby | People console each other Friday evening in Port Carbon after two men were shot and wounded in the Schuylkill County borough.

Troopers say 2 wounded inside home in Schuylkill County

Saturday August 12, 2017 12:01 AM

Reading Eagle

Port Carbon, Pa.

Two men were hospitalized with gunshot wounds Friday after one of them discharged a firearm inside a home in Schuylkill County, state police said.

The incident took place about 6:15 p.m. in Port Carbon in a home in the 100 block of Spruce Street, a side street off of Route 209, troopers said.Trooper David Beohm, public information officer at Reading-based Troop L, said that the shooting was an isolated incident and the public was not in danger.According to troopers:Alex Rosario, 22, and Kenneth Boyer, age unavailable, both of Port Carbon, were arguing inside the home when it became physical. As they fought, Boyer discharged a firearm and the round struck both men.Boyer was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital Schuylkill in Pottsville for a non-life-threatening wound and later transferred to Lehigh Valley Hospital near Allentown.Rosario was flown to Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Troopers said this morning his condition was stable.Investigators said the men are not related but knew each other.Troopers from the Schuylkill Haven station are investigating.A state police forensic evidence unit was on the scene.